Environment
EU Lays Out Trillion-Euro ‘Green Deal’
"The costs of failure to act here would be enormous ... so we have no option other than to invest...
Read moreDutch Top Court Orders Government to Slash Emissions
The Dutch supreme court on Friday ordered the government to slash greenhouse gases by at least 25 percent by 2020...
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After Drought, Floods Compound Somalia’s Year of Climate Misery
The just-concluded U.N. climate summit failed to agree on compensation for poor countries, which have least to blame for causing...
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‘Catastrophic’ Floods Could Provoke Famine in S.Sudan: WFP
Devastating flooding in South Sudan following a fierce drought could tip parts of the country into famine in the next...
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Thunberg Slams ‘Misleading’ Climate Pledges at Chaotic UN Summit
"Countries are finding clever ways around having to take real action."
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Climate, Immigration Activists Join Forces Demanding ‘Just Transition’
Oxfam, a coalition of independent charitable organizations, released a report last month detailing the disproportionate effects of the climate crisis...
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EU Okays Mega State Aid to Develop Electric Battery Giants
The E.U. approved billions of euros in subsidies as Europe seeks to make up lost ground in the highly strategic...
Read moreStakes are Global as Africa Faces ‘Climate Dilemma’
"If we are going to live in a world where warming is limited to 1.5C, Africa has a role to...
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2010s Hottest Decade in History, UN Says as Emissions Rise Again
The U.N. said last week in its annual "emissions gap" assessment that the world needed to cut carbon emissions by...
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US, EU ‘Owe Half The Cost’ of Repairing Climate Damage
"Poor and vulnerable people are losing their homes, livelihoods, and loved ones right now."
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Australian PM Denies Climate Link as Smoke Chokes Sydney
His comments came after weeks spent refusing to speak about the link between climate change and deadly fires described by...
Read moreClimate Change Worsening Severe Hunger in Horn of Africa
Nearly 13 million people are facing severe hunger in the Horn of Africa nd experts say as climate change accelerates,...
Read moreClimate Change Poses ‘Lifelong’ Child Health Risk
Climate change will damage the health of an entire generation unless there are immediate cuts to fossil fuel emissions, from...
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As Clock Tics on Climate Action, US Formally Starts Pullout from Paris Accord
The moves come as the world's leading body of climate scientists warns that humanity has less than a decade to...
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Impatient with EPA, US Congress Takes Regulation of Toxic PFAS into its Own Hands
PFAS continue to contaminate drinking water, food, and everyday household products. After years of waiting for a sluggish Environmental Protection...
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East Africa Reels From Deadly Floods In Extreme Weather
A powerful climate phenomenon in the Indian Ocean stronger than any seen in years is unleashing destructive rains and flooding...
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Humanity Must Rescue Oceans to Rescue Itself, UN Warns
Passages in the final draft were scrubbed, including one estimate that humanity's "carbon budget" for a 1.5 C world could...
Read moreGreta Thunberg Berates Leaders as UN Climate Summit Falls Short
An emotional Greta Thunberg tore into world leaders at a U.N. climate summit Monday, accusing them of betraying her generation...
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Million Schoolchildren Strike in Largest Ever Global Climate Protest
In what is expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change,...
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Thunberg Brings Student Climate Strike to White House
“ it is being discussed as something you believe in or don’t believe in,” Thunberg told Noah talking...
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